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Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take

January 17, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Lucy Commander, Adjunct Lecturer, University of Western Australia In a fire-blackened landscape, signs of life are everywhere. A riot of red and green leaves erupt from an otherwise dead-looking tree trunk, and the beginnings of wildflowers and grasses peek from the crunchy charcoal below. Much Australian flora ... <a title="Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/yes-native-plants-can-flourish-after-bushfire-but-theres-only-so-much-hardship-they-can-take-129748/" aria-label="Read more about Yes, native plants can flourish after bushfire. But there’s only so much hardship they can take">Read more</a>

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‘What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?’

January 17, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Susanne Gannon, Associate Professor, Western Sydney University We are being asked to do work experience this year, in a field we might like to work in. We are being asked to think about choosing electives that are directing us towards our career choices. I have no idea ... <a title="‘What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/what-subjects-do-i-choose-for-my-last-years-of-school-126194/" aria-label="Read more about ‘What subjects do I choose for my last years of school?’">Read more</a>

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Vital Signs: the end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills

January 17, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW There has already been a fair number of jobs lost to automation over recent decades – from factory workers to bank tellers. In the coming decade we might see radically larger numbers of jobs lost to automation, thanks to advances in ... <a title="Vital Signs: the end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/vital-signs-the-end-of-the-checkout-signals-a-dire-future-for-those-without-the-right-skills-129894/" aria-label="Read more about Vital Signs: the end of the checkout signals a dire future for those without the right skills">Read more</a>

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Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn’t tell the full story

January 17, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Janine Dixon, Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University Estimates of the economic damage caused by the bushfires are rolling in, some of them big and some unprecedented, as is the scale of the fires themselves. These types of estimates will be refined and used to ... <a title="Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn’t tell the full story" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/take-care-when-examining-the-economic-impact-of-fires-gdp-doesnt-tell-the-full-story-129535/" aria-label="Read more about Take care when examining the economic impact of fires. GDP doesn’t tell the full story">Read more</a>

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Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals

January 17, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Kerrie Davies, Lecturer, School of the Arts & Media, UNSW In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages. In 1886, a year before American journalist Nellie Bly feigned insanity to enter an asylum in New York and became a household name, Catherine Hay Thomson ... <a title="Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/17/hidden-women-of-history-catherine-hay-thomson-the-australian-undercover-journalist-who-went-inside-asylums-and-hospitals-129352/" aria-label="Read more about Hidden women of history: Catherine Hay Thomson, the Australian undercover journalist who went inside asylums and hospitals">Read more</a>

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Russian government resignation: what’s just happened and what’s in store for Putin beyond 2024?

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Graeme Gill, Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney News came from Moscow overnight that the Russian government had resigned, followed by the announcement that the current prime minister Dmitry Medvedev would be replaced by the head of the tax office, Mikhail Mishustin. Why ... <a title="Russian government resignation: what’s just happened and what’s in store for Putin beyond 2024?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/russian-government-resignation-whats-just-happened-and-whats-in-store-for-putin-beyond-2024-130051/" aria-label="Read more about Russian government resignation: what’s just happened and what’s in store for Putin beyond 2024?">Read more</a>

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How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Andrew Blakers, Professor of Engineering, Australian National University In the 1980s, a global race was underway: to find a more efficient way of converting energy from the sun into electricity. Some 30 years ago, our research team at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) came up ... <a title="How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/how-an-aussie-invention-could-soon-cut-5-of-the-worlds-greenhouse-gas-emissions-121571/" aria-label="Read more about How an Aussie invention could soon cut 5% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions">Read more</a>

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Black Drop Effect review: infusing the present moment with layers of the past

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Amanda Harris, Research fellow, Sydney Conservatorium of Music, University of Sydney Review: Black Drop Effect, directed by Felix Cross for Sydney Festival Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names of deceased people. Nardi Simpson’s debut play Black Drop Effect is the “immersive” ... <a title="Black Drop Effect review: infusing the present moment with layers of the past" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/black-drop-effect-review-infusing-the-present-moment-with-layers-of-the-past-129785/" aria-label="Read more about Black Drop Effect review: infusing the present moment with layers of the past">Read more</a>

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Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Jessica Richards, Lecturer Sport Business Management, Western Sydney University In the past week, the Australian football players union has been pressuring the A-League to make a major change in the sport – shifting to a winter competition, instead of its current spot in the brutal summer. Both ... <a title="Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/moving-the-a-league-to-the-winter-would-improve-the-play-but-will-it-attract-the-fans-129760/" aria-label="Read more about Moving the A-League to the winter would improve the play, but will it attract the fans?">Read more</a>

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Curious Kids: why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Wayne Wilson, Associate Professor in Audiology, The University of Queensland Why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick? – Jane, aged 10, from Coburg North, Australia. Hi Jane, your question about why reading in the back seat makes you feel sick is a very ... <a title="Curious Kids: why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/curious-kids-why-does-reading-in-the-back-seat-make-you-feel-sick-128693/" aria-label="Read more about Curious Kids: why does reading in the back seat make you feel sick?">Read more</a>

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The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sunanda Creagh, Head of Digital Storytelling For John Sarkissian, operations scientist at the CSIRO Parkes radio telescope, astronomy has been his life’s passion – starting from the age of six. “When I was six years old, I watched Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walk on the Moon,” ... <a title="The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/the-dish-in-parkes-is-scanning-the-southern-milky-way-searching-for-alien-signals-129919/" aria-label="Read more about The Dish in Parkes is scanning the southern Milky Way, searching for alien signals">Read more</a>

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Don’t die wondering: apps may soon be able to predict your life expectancy, but do you want to know?

January 16, 2020

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By James Jin Kang, Lecturer, Edith Cowan University When will I die? This question has endured across cultures and civilisations. It has given rise to a plethora of religions and spiritual paths over thousands of years, and more recently, some highly amusing apps. But this question now prompts ... <a title="Don’t die wondering: apps may soon be able to predict your life expectancy, but do you want to know?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/01/16/dont-die-wondering-apps-may-soon-be-able-to-predict-your-life-expectancy-but-do-you-want-to-know-129068/" aria-label="Read more about Don’t die wondering: apps may soon be able to predict your life expectancy, but do you want to know?">Read more</a>